21. MON 1

This control allows you set up a nice monitor mix, independent of the main mix or the monitor 2 mix. Adjust these controls on each channel until your band is happy with the stage monitor mix. The controls are off when turned fully down, deliver unity gain at the center detent, and can provide up to 15 dB of gain turned fully up. Adjustments to the channel level or main mix level will not affect the monitor output, but channel EQ and gain [32] will.

One of the powered mixer's internal amplifiers can power passive stage monitors if you set the power amp mode switch [4] on the rear panel. Mon 1 send [17] is a line-level output if you want to connect external power amplifiers and passive stage monitors, or powered stage monitors.

22. FX/MON 2

These controls allow you to send a sample of each channel's signal to the internal FX processor, and to the

23. HIGH EQ

The high EQ provides up to 15 +15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owner’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dB of boost or cut above 12 kHz,

+10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and it is also flat at the detent.

+5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use it to add sizzle to cymbals,

–5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an overall sense of transpar-

–10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ency, or an edge to keyboards,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual

20Hz

 

 

100Hz

 

 

 

 

 

1k

Hz

 

 

 

 

10kHz 20kHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vocals, guitar and bacon frying. Turn it down a little to

reduce sibilance or to mask tape hiss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. MID EQ LEVEL (Ch. 1 to 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mid knob sets the

+15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

amount of boost or cut, up to

+10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 dB, and is effectively by-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

passed at the center detent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The frequency at which the cut

–10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or boost occurs is set by the

–15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20Hz

 

 

100Hz

 

 

 

 

 

1kHz

 

 

 

 

10kHz 20kHz

 

frequency control [25].

25. MID EQ FREQUENCY (Ch. 1 to 6)

FX/mon 2 line-level output [15] to run external proces- sors, or a second set of stage monitors.

Carefully adjust each control to set up the FX or monitor 2 mix. The controls are off when turned fully down, deliver unity gain at the center detent, and can provide up to 15 dB of gain turned fully up.

The dual nature of this knob (FX or mon 2) is deter-

This knob sets the center frequency of the mid EQ control

[24].This is sweepable from 100 Hz to 8 kHz.

Once this is set, the mid EQ level can be adjusted with the mid EQ level control [24].

+15

+10

+5

0

–5

–10

 

 

 

–15

 

 

 

20Hz

100Hz

1kHz

10kHz 20kHz

mined by the setting of the FX send /mon 2 send switch

[51].More FX/mon 2 details are shown on page 14 and page 23 (item 51).

CHANNEL EQUALIZATION (EQ)

The PPM1008 mono channels have 3-band equaliza- tion: low shelving, mid peaking with adjustable frequen- cy, and high shelving. The stereo channels have 4-band EQ: low shelving, low-mid and high-mid peaking, and high shelving. It’s probably all the EQ you’ll ever need!

Shelving means that the circuitry boosts or cuts all frequencies past the specified frequency. For example, the low EQ boosts bass frequencies below 80 Hz and continues down to the lowest note you never heard. Peaking means that certain frequencies form a “hill” around the center frequency.

With too much EQ, you can really upset

things. We’ve designed a lot of boost and cut

into each equalizer circuit because we know that everyone will occasionally need that. But

if you max the EQ on every channel, you’ll get mix mush. Equalize subtly and use the left sides of the knobs (cut), as well as the right (boost). If you find yourself repeatedly using full boost or cut, consider altering the sound source, such as placing a mic differently, trying a different kind of mic, changing the strings, or gargling.

Most of the root and lower harmonics that define a sound are located in the 100 Hz–8 kHz frequency range, and you can create drastic changes with these two knobs. Many engineers use mid EQ to cut midrange frequencies, not boost them. One popular trick is to set the mid fully up, turn the frequency knob until you find a point where it sounds just terrible, then back the mid down into the cut range, causing those terrible frequencies to disappear. Sounds silly, but it works. Sometimes.

26. HIGH MID EQ LEVEL (Ch. 7 and 8)

The high mid EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut at 2.5 kHz, and it is also flat at the detent. This control is only available on stereo channels 7 and 8.

27. LOW MID EQ LEVEL (Ch. 7 and 8)

The low mid EQ provides up to 15 dB of boost or cut at 400 Hz, and it is also flat at the detent. This control is only available on stereo channels 7 and 8.

28. ICE CREAM DISPENSER

This control is not there. It was going to be, but after much discussion among the engineers, it was decided not to add it after all. It would have been good though.

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